Nancy Hines Bachman has passed away on the 31st of March. She was the daughter of Margaret Noon Hines and the late William Anthony Hines of San Diego - - Margaret is a sister to Roy Meredith Noon who died in April of 2005. Although a cousin she was more like a sister being very close to all of the family and will be sorely missed. Over the span of many years she had severe bouts with cancer (Hodgkin's and breast) and came out on top every time. But her body began to fail these past few months as it simply could not handle any more trauma (her lungs were a real problem as was her heart) and it finally just shut down - too much radiation over the years, especially that connected with the Hodgkin's which had very negative impacts.
Her obituary was published in the San Doego Union-Tribune on the 7th of April and is repeated below.
"Nancy H. Bachman, 59, of La Mesa, died March 31, 2006, of complications related to cancer radiation therapy she received more than 30 years ago. A native San Diegan, she was born April 9, 1946, grew up in Talmadge and attended Crawford High School. Nancy graduated from SDSU with a degree in education, and completed graduate work towards her Master's degree. In 1967, she and Dick Bachman were married and later had two children, Rich and Sarah. For 30 years, Nancy was on the faculty of S.D. Community Colleges, where she was a professor of English as a Second Language, and served from 1989 as an ESL Department Chair. She also held numerous leadership positions in her field, including several with the Academic Senate for Continuing Education Centers and with the California Association of Teachers to Students of Other Languages. She was recognized with several awards for service excellence. She also was active in the S.D. Adult Educators labor union and served as its vice president from 1986-88. In addition to her busy professional and family life, Nancy found time to give back to her community. A favorite activity was serving as a committee member and co-chair of the St. Vincent de Paul Village Christmas Festival to help make Christmas special for every child living there. Nancy is survived by her husband, Dick; son, Rich, and grandson, Jack of San Diego; daughter, Sarah of Santa Fe, NM; her mother, Margaret Hines of San Diego; her brother, Bill Hines of Storrs, CT.; and niece Lisa Hines of Castle Rock, CO. A memorial service is planned for 10 a.m. Friday at Kensington Community Church, 4773 Marlborough Dr., San Diego. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or St. Vincent de Paul.Please sign the guest book at obituaries.uniontrib.com "
Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 4/5/2006.
